Valentino Rossi (born. February 16, 1979 in Urbino, Italy) - an outstanding Italian motorcycle racer. He is one of the most successful racing motor-cyclists of all ages and in the opinion of most critics is the best motopilotom today being the official face of MotoGP worldwide and won nine league titles in different classes of MotoGP. According to the American sports magazine Sports Illustrated, Valentino Rossi of income among athletes took 5 th place in the world (2 place outside the U.S.), earning about $ 35 million per year.
Following his father, Graziano Rossi, quite a famous racer, Valentino started to participate in the championship auto-racing MotoGP. His first start was in 1996 in the 125cc class for the team Aprilia, but the title in this class, he received in 1997. Then went to class 250ss in 1998, where he won the title in the season of 1999. I went back to the "Royal" class in 2000 and immediately became vice-champion of the world. And then he took the reins of power in this class in their own hands and won five consecutive championships in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005. In 2001, he did it on a motorcycle Honda team for the Nastro Azzuro Honda. In 2002 and 2003, won with a team of Repsol Honda. In 2004 the team moved to Gauloises Yamaha Team which also won the title in 2005. In 2005 and 2006, Valentino Rossi takes part in the tests for the Formula 1 team Ferrari, after which he prophesied a new successful career in motor racing, but the doctor decided to stay in motorcycle racing. In 2007 and 2008, Valentino Rossi has also served on a motorcycle Yamaha team for the Fiat Yamaha Team at number 46 and stands to this day, in 2008, won 6 th for a title in the premier class, and 8 th in all classes. In 2009 he won the 7-th title in the "royal" class and 9 th in all classes, also speaking for the team of Fiat Yamaha Team.Sezon 2010 works too, with the Fiat Yamaha Team.